Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumorWarmingup.pptVIP

1. up to now =up till now=so far 到目前为止(P18L2) 2. the homeless 无家可归的人 (P18L15) 3. a failure 一个失败者 a success 一个成功者（P18L17) 4. overcome the difficulties 克服困难 (P18L18) 5. in search of 寻找 (P18L24) 6. with nothing to eat 没东西可吃(P18L25) 7.particularly=in particular 特别地 be particular about 对…挑剔(P20) Unit3 A taste of English humor Warming up 1. humor humo(u)r n.幽默, 风趣　　 humourist n. 谈吐幽默的人 humorous adj. 幽默的, a sense of humor 幽默感　　 I like a person who ___________________ (有幽默感). Mark Twain was a ___________ author and he was a __________. humorous humorist has a sense of humor Unit3 A taste of English humor Reading … so they could feel more content with their lives.(P18L4) 1) content adj. 满足的(作表语) n. 内容 常见搭配: be content with sth. be content to do sth. 你对你现在的工作满意吗？ I dont know the content of his book because I never read it.(翻译) Are you content with your present job? 2) contented adj. 满意的(作定语) a contented look 满意的表情 We sat there, ______with what we listened to. satisfying B. to satisfy C. contented D. content 解析: 本题考查动词用法。satisfied 表示“感 到满意的”, 把A、B两项排除; content既是 形容词, 又是动词, be content with 对……满 足。 D 3) content vt. 使满足 (+with) content sb. with sth. e.g. Her answer seemed to content him.  3. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught …(P18L6) astonish: v. 使 (某人) 吃惊,比 surprise的语气要强。 地震使我惊慌失措。 be astonished at/by sth. be astonished to do sth. 发现他喝醉了, 她很吃惊。 这消息使我大吃一惊。 The earthquake astonished me. She was astonished to find he was drunk. I was astonished at/by the news. to one’s astonishment 令……惊异的是…… To our astonishment the small boy swam across the river. (翻译) astonishing adj. 令人吃惊的 astonished adj. 惊讶的 astonishment n. 惊异; in astonishment 吃惊地 她吃惊地瞪着我。 She stared at me in astonishment. 1). It was an ______ performance for such a young musician. 　A. astonish B. astonishing C. astonished D. astonishment 2). To our _____